AVELLINO APARTMENT IN A QUIET AND SAFE HILLSIDE VILLAGE

I just returned from a visit of Southern Italy in the State of Campania on November 14 2012. We stayed in a Beautiful apartment in a quaint little town called Quadrelle in the province of Avellino. Quadrelle is right off an exit from the A16 autostada which makes it a very convenient location to stay. From there it was an easy drive to Naples, Pompeii and Sorrento but I liked it most because it was an easy drive to the little villages in the mountains of Avellino where all my family originated from. I even walked to a bus stop to take a bus to Avellino then transferred to another bus to take me to the mountain villages of my family. While I was taking the bus my friends were touring by car in the Naples area. At night we would meet up at our apartment in Quadrelle and walk to neighborhood restaurants which there are many good ones. My friends and I felt perfectly safe walking around the streets of Quadrelle day or night. We met several residents of Quadrelle; all were very pleasant and helpful. Everything we needed was in walking distance from our apartment, banks, post office, grocery stores, fish markets, department stores and Church.
The apartment is a spacious clean two bedrooms and two bathrooms unit with a big kitchen and sitting room. The kitchen is equipped with plenty of pans, dishes, glasses and other utensils. The apartment is the first floor of a two family house. Joe de Simone and his family live on the second floor. Joe and his family were excellent neighbors and landlords. Joe being born and raised in New Jersey from Italian parents was an excellent source of information. We could ask Joe questions about traveling in Italy that a native born Italian may not understand because of the differences in our two cultures. Joe also knows a lot about Italian Genealogy and how to research data in various villages. Joe does this as a side profession but had no problems giving us pointers as we traveled to various villages to do our own research. I highly recommend Joe’s apartment if you are planning a trip to the various provinces of the Campania region in the Naples vicinity. Even if this is your first trip to Italy I would recommend renting a car and driving to Quadrelle to explore Southern Italy on your own opposed to signing up for some package tour of the region. We flew into Rome and it was only a two and a half to three hour drive to Quadrelle. From Naples it would be around 30 minutes. To sum it up I would recommend this place to anyone.